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Tackling the crime wave among the minority has become a political flashpoint ahead of March 23 elections.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has demonized Arab voters in the past, has pledged action as he looks for support in a community that has traditionally rejected him and his right-wing Likud party.
Most Arab Israeli leaders scoff at the suggestion that Netanyahu can ease the crisis, insisting the solution lies in tackling police prejudice against Arabs something they argue has proliferated during the premier’s 12-year tenure.
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Shortly afterwards, Suheila and her husband Abdelrazak heard gunshots.
Twenty minutes later, they found Mohammed lying in a pool of blood, behind a car a few meters from their home.
With over 90% of shootings in 2020 taking place in Arab sector, Netanyahu has pledged to take action; however, local leaders and relatives of victims scoff at suggestion that he can ease the crisis given his past anti-Arab rhetoric
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Crime wave rattles Arab Israelis ahead of vote
Arab Israelis say police discrimination against them has increased under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
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JALJULIA, Israel: It had been days since 14-year-old Mohammed Adas was shot dead outside his home in Israel, but his mother Suheila couldn t bear to wash his scent off his clothes.
Mohammed s killing was just the latest chapter in a crime epidemic ravaging Israeli Arabs - many of whom blame police racism.
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Advertisement No one knows who shot him or why, his father Abdelrazak told AFP at the family s home in Jaljulia, near Tel Aviv.
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